I also am a lady (*curtseys*) and have been lurking around here for a good six years or so. I agree that I think it's getting better in the comments for women to participate, and now the only reason I continue to lurk is because my timezone precludes me from saying anything clever or witty before anyone else. Damn it.

You make an excellent point. :)

That's a shame. I guess Andy's humour isn't to everyone's taste - I think he's hysterical, but it's a different brand to John's, certainly. I have to object to 'pity laughs', though. Those two have worked together for many years, and have had a podcast together for nearly five of them. If John didn't think Andy was…

Yeah, it's reviewed most weeks. I'm talking about the comments, though.

Is there never any discussion of The Bugle in these comments because everybody already knows it's brilliant and there's nothing more to say, or is it because no one's listening? Because if it's the latter… seriously, guys, get on that. The Bugle is the funniest news-based podcast on the planet and the only one I…

This is me. In pony form. This is definitely a valid use of my time. http://a.yfrog.com/img876/8…

Someone else has seen Cold Comfort! I LOVE that movie. It's very minimalist (it's adapted from a play, and you can tell - three actors, one set, that's it) but no less affecting/creepy/weird for that. Maury Chaykin was so good that I could never buy him as a nice guy ever again. And Paul Gross was exceptional.

Mine too!

I suspect you were at the same The Metro show in January last year that I was, LiB, and that was one of the best live shows I've ever been to. So you're wrong.

I spent the first half of Saturday catching up on sleep, and the second half shopping for a new pillow to prevent yet another shitty night's sleep. It worked, by the way. Sunday was spent watching the latest Doctor Who and catching up on the week's Daily Shows, then rewatching the unaired BBC Sherlock pilot. I also…

I would like to watch this
but strobe lights set off pukey migraines for me. Someone should write up a recap. Yes.

It's gorgeous.
I also didn't get an email, but I did check my twitter feed one last compulsive time before heading to bed, and saw the news there. I've listened to it three times now, and I think it's beautiful. I will admit to missing the heavier sound circa "Hail to the Thief", but taken as-is, it's a stunning…

Welcome to our pain, Andrew Beck.

Since when was normalcy something to strive for?!
I happen to like multi-part prog exercises and baroque history lessons. Seeing The Decemberists perform Hazards of Love live was a major highlight of last year. All of you are boring.

Hello, Buglers.
John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman have made starting the week bearable, and their podcast is the only means of surviving my Monday morning walk to work. They belong at the top of this list. Any other Buglers want to recommend podcasts to fill the other four days?

Ringo, I typed this whole thing informing you that Florence + The Machine are in fact massively popular in Britain and that you appear to be trapped under a large rock, when it occurred to me that you may be being sarcastic. Sometimes I can't tell. If you are, in fact, being genuine, please advise so I can copy my…

Florence + The Machine are amazing. I didn't stop listening to Lungs for about three months. Down with your opinions!

I have given
precisely no thought to this genre - in fact, I didn't know it had a name - but it was fucking ubiquitous. Everything above is the actual soundtrack to my very late tweens/early teens. I can't believe how thoroughly I'd forgotten this music. Thanks, Heller. I think. :)

N'awwwww. I, too, would like to delurk momentarily to pass on my heartfelt 'gratz.

I was 12, and rented it from the video store. I watched the entire series in two weeks. I became hooked, then obsessed, and then the end basically fucked me up for good. I honestly can't overstate the influence Twin Peaks had on my life. I dreamed about it for *three years* afterward.